Brother of MMA fighters Connor Mac Burns & Alex John Conor Burns. They grew up in Ireland and could not stay out of fights or out of trouble. His parents sent him to Canada to train MMA in hopes of keeping him out of trouble after he was aquitted of 3 counts of Assult in Self Defence. His brother was unaware the charges were dropped against them and he fled. They reunited in Canada.
Won The Under 18 Division 1 Open-Weight World Sambo Championhip 2014 weighing in at 157lbs.